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wing coverts chestnut, median and 

 greater coverts black, with the outside 

 webs chestnut and tipped whitish. 



Female. — Similar in color, but duller. 



Distribution. — Northern Europe, 

 and Asia to north China. A winter 

 visitant in the Yangtse Valley. 



Notes. — These birds usually frequent 

 tho neighborhood of watery places, 

 living in the trees of the vicinity. 



THE LITTLE BUNTING. 



EMBEEIZA PUSILLA, PALL. 



Description. — Length about five 

 inches. Bill brown, lower mandible 

 whitish. Tarsus reddish gray. Iris 

 brown. 



Crown has a wide median red-brown 

 stripe, bordered on either side by a 

 stripe of black. This is followed by 

 a pale eyebrow. x\uriculars rufous, 

 throat paler rufous. A black 

 moustache. Breast and abdomen 

 white with many long brown spots. 

 Upper parts olive brown, the feathers 

 with black centers. The plumage 

 varies in shades in different individ- 

 uals. 



The female is very similar, but not 

 so richly colored, and has less distinct 

 brown spots below. 



Distrihution. — Asia, occasionally 

 met with in Europe. Winter visitant 

 in the Yangtse Valley, but not very 

 common anywhere in China. 



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TIIIS^M'S BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA TRIS:^MI, SWINHOE. 

 Description. — Length five and one 

 half inches. Bill brown, lighter at 

 the base of the lower mandible. 

 Tarsus reddish gray. Iris brown. 



